The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
fire-retardant \fire-retardant\ adj. able to reduce combustibility or slow the spread of fire; -- of substances that are added to combustible materials to make them less combustible. PJC]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fire-retardant adj 1: difficult to burn [syn: fire-retardant, fire- resistant, fire-resisting, fire-resistive]